What I love about traveling

Hola and hello hello everybody,

I am traveling since very young age. And since I have discovered hitch-hiking my travels started to be even more crazy than before. Wonder why, haha!

When somebody asks me 'What is your passion', traveling is the first word which comes to my head. Can't hide it, I am in love with it.

I love ( strong emphasize on word 'love', not 'like' ) that I have so much time when I travel. Time for thinking, feeling, doing, smelling, touching, anything really. Time for simply living. Seeing things you usually would not take a look at.

I love the challenges it puts me in. Can I live with a family and do the things they do? Am I able to live with 8 international people in the same room for months? Can I accept this and that and so many more challenges which helps me to find out what is deep inside that Lithuanian girl Ligita.

I love the freedom it gives to me. I know, most of the time I am on a low budget trip so I always have to think about cheaper ways to travel, however, I still have a freedom. I can just grab a map, go camping, go volunteering, go living on the street, go dancing with the bears ( or with a beer :) ), doing whatever I want. And who will stop me? Nobody! Well, sometimes, bad police officers who are asking me to leave the motorway because it is dangerous to hitch-hike. 

I love meeting new people. People from places which you learnt in Geography lesson but never understood why they live how they live. It is honestly like big geography lesson. And oh oh oh, the feeling when bunch of people are sitting around the table, all different, all from different places but sharing the same attitude, same values, believing in kindness and searching for love in this world. It is like magic connection, like your soul brothers and sisters raised by different parents.

Did I mention the dirt. Yes! I love the dirt. Because only after it you start appreciating small things. Do you know the feeling, when you camp for days, weeks or even months and then you come back home and take a shower. OH MY GOD, the first drops of warm lovely water...

I love the idea of moving. And I am not talking about obvious moving, meeting people, seeing different places and bla bla bla, but that deeper more spiritual moving. Moving that they are talking about it in the philosophy classes, or discussing somewhere with Monks in Himalayan mountains. Yes, moving inside. Learning things about yourself in order to become a better human being. 

OF COURSE it is not always lovely bubbly. I do miss my family, my friends, my lovers from the past. I still cry when I receive letters from them, still have nostalgic moments thinking about amazing moments I shared with them. But it is normal. It is the feeling and I am glad it makes me cry. I am thinking about many of you but in the same time I let myself to enjoy the moment, be here and now.

Travel people and don't forget to say hi if you meet me somewhere,

Ligita

P.S.This post was a bit general, next one will be update about the famous Donkey Paradise and me, little girl traveling with my pink boots to make sure all the donkeys are fed well, looked after and so on. Oh yeah, can't wait for it!

I love the waves here in Asturias!

Beautiful swell!

This little house is typical house in Asturias, where they keep corn. For me they look like some small house somewhere in Thailand

I think Spanish people really like The Beatles

One beautiful house in Candas. Apparently people who lived there were in famous Titanic.

Old Cinema in Candas

Beautiful beach

Some cool art in Aviles

Collecting memories and the Donkey Paradise

Hello again, or should I keep writing Hola from now on,

So what is happening in my life. I keep asking this question myself for million of times.

This travel gives me so much air to breathe and think. I LOVE IT. It is kind of form of meditation when you have an opportunity to look inside yourself but for much longer time.

The life here is good, the weather is not changing as well, still warm and I do have a feeling that winter will never be here, haha!

Last weekend I went rock climbing, today had a bicycle trip and yesterday went to great National Geographic photography exhibition. So I keep myself fit (well at least trying!) and do some cultural stuff as well.

The annoying part in my life at the moment is the comfort. I don’t want it anymore. My life is more full when I am dirty standing on the road and hitch-hiking, meeting people and not having access to the internet. I do not deny, sometimes I love comfort and sometimes I secretely dream not to do anything but after one month spent in real comfortable conditions it is time to move on. I feel like I soaked from this place what I wanted.

So, next Friday I am leaving this kind Asturian family and going to the Donkey Paradise. Ha! And it is not my sarcasm, not at all! The place is actually called Donkey Paradise. It is an organization, still in the same region Asturias, which host many old and retired donkeys which cannot be looked after anymore. They do have 24 donkeys, all different and very very cute, 4 dogs, 5 cats and 2 horses. Animal paradise!!! I am extremely excited because I will spend there whole November and I can’t wait to get dirty, woohoo!

However, I will definitely miss this family. They taught me Spanish (I am still the beginner but with a better understanding of some tricky things), they took me as a daughter, fed me like a princess and gave so much knowledge about the life in Spain. Father Paco gave me a lot of advises with my future and actually very wise and interesting, I will keep them all in my head and maybe one day who knows I will return to them to say big big thank you.

I am so so happy that I have a courage and determination to do this trip and when I don’t know it’s ending, I feel great, I feel free. Free to do whatever I want.

In the beginning I was a bit freaking out of this unknown future but the more I live the more I realise that I don’t need to know what is going to happen and I don’t need one year plan or something.

For now Spain is a stop in my life. For how long, nobody knows. And I dare you to do the same because it feels amazing.

Keep shining everybody.

With love,

Ligita

These sweets are in every single Spanish shop. I am so tempted to buy them all the time!

The view from my room. They have small jungle :)

My favourite tree

Very cool museum where we went to the Exhibition of photography

Cool Cafe inside the museum

One of the photos of the photographers of National Geography. This picture is amazing. But it is more amazing when you know the story behind. This little boy is crying because some rude and awful taxi driver drove and killed their all sheep, the source they were living from. Fortunately, kind people donated money and these people can buy some sheep and live again. 

Nearly November!

Xivares. The place I live at

Me climbing with Paco

My life in Asturias

Hello to all the people who are interested in my life,

So as a time is passing by I thought to write few things how I am doing in that lovely country called Spain.

My life here is so easy. And I always used to say that life is not complicated at all, you just need to look at the things in positive way. But now it is extremely easy and I am not sure if I can do this for long time.

So the family I live with are great, they treat me like a real daughter and spoil me a bit.

I will not hide the fact that they don’t really have problems with money and for me it is very strange to live this quite rich lifestyle.

I eat like a princess, loaaaads of variety of fishes, fresh vegetables, amazing fruits. Sleep well, 10 or even 11 hours per night (haha! ). Have my own bicycle which I can use anytime, my own 40-50 years old Spanish guitar. Ok, enough, haha. So as you all understood I do have things here but I am starting to dislike all this comfort.

In general I need my own freedom and independence and here sometimes I miss it.

It is quite funny because sometimes I just hear the knock on the door that we are going somewhere and usually I have no clue where we are going to. For example, today, knock knock knock on the door and after 15 minutes I am in the beach next to the hills doing rock climbing. Or like they stop a car and say ok, see you in 1 hour, this is a museum. And then I visit the museum, haha. I quite like these spontaneous things but again I need my own way of doing things.

After spending a bit of time here in Asturias I feel like it has a lot of similarities with England. It is very green, beautiful cliffs, well the weather supposed to be raining nearly every day but I am lucky because we still have sunny days and plus 20-24 everyday! And it’s the end of October guys!

They have amazing cheeses, especially great goat cheeses and they do have a real cider, but again for me it is quite similar to the one I have tried in North Yorkshire. But the way they do it, it is amazing, they poor it from like one meter height when it is splashing all way round and then you have to drink it all at once.

Also, I just love to be a foreigner here. People seem like they are really interested in foreigners and they always help you or talk to you. You need just really basic Spanish knowledge and people compliment your level in Spanish, haha.

I am soaking this culture, digging in the language, meeting these charismatic latin people but in the same time learning a lot about myself and even thinking about some future ideas. ME?! FUTURE?! What am I talking about, haha!

Till the next time,

Ligita

Listening to Fados, traditional Portuguese music

Beautiful green mountains

Me and Paco

Me and lovely Alberto's dog Bingo!

I love the clouds here in Asturias!

It does look a bit like Yorkshire, doesn't it?

It is about time to start writing my blog

Hello everybody who reads this post,

So here I am. Joining hundreds and thousands of people sharing their lifes and thoughts online.

I have been thinking about writing a blog for so many times but the fact of laziness influenced me to start it only now. Well they do say it is better later than never, yes?

First of all, I was thinking which language I would like to do it and considering the fact that my friends have so many different nationalities I will do it in our all understandable international English language. And mum, you can try google translator or ask me anytime to translate something for you :)

So first, very quick update.

As most of you know after nearly three years living in North England and having great 2 months work experience in Brighton I have decided to do thing which I love the most-TRAVEL.

It was not that hard to choose the country where I want to go. After last summer spent travelling in South of Spain, Andaluzia I have realized that I NEED this country in my life.

SO here I am, posting this from green and fresh region in North of Spain, Asturias.

Because I have a small budget and I love travelling with not a lot of money my 3 favourite words in this trip will be: hitch-hiking, workaway and couchsurfing.

I am here in Spain already nearly 3 weeks and time is flying!

I am doing Workaway experience, which is kind of voluntary work in exchange of accommodation, food, discussions and general kindness of people.

So I live with one Spanish family in one tiny village, just on the coast, not far from Gijon. My work is to help their son Pablo, who owns small shoes repair shop. Basically, I don't have too much work to do because the family doesn't really need too much help, they are more interested in meeting different people from all over the world, discussing, exchanging ideas, cooking and simply just living.

After 3 weeks spending time with them I realized how generous they are. They are receiving volunteers for already 20 years and they host them for any time. They said to me that if I want I can live with them even a year. This just simply shows how kind people they are.

Of course, it is not very simple to live with family again because I have been totally independent for like 4 years already, so it does feel weird not to drink alcohol, smoke ( :)), go to sleep early and so on. But on the other hand, it is a good time for me to think about variety of things I do want in my life. It is like small retreatment centre for me, haha.

Well, I said it is quick update but in the end I got it long. Sorry, I think I always talk too much :)

Greetings and kisses for my specials,

Ligita

The beach I live close by

Another beach where I go skinny dipping

The shoes repair shop where I work and help at

Beautiful Cabo de Penas I have visited

Oviedo

And for the end the one which made me smile :)